Question

Charmaine got a prepaid debit card with $20 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she bought some bulk ribbon at a craft store. The price of the ribbon

was 16 cents per yard. If after that purchase there was $13.28 left on the card, how many yards of ribbon did Charmaine buy?

Answer 1

Charmaine bought 83 yards of ribbon because 0.16 x 83 = 13.28 or $13.28
(Hope this helps)

Answer 2

42 yards

Explanation:

The amount Charmaine spent on ribbon was ...

$20 -13.28 = $6.72

At $0.16 per yard, that is the price of ...

$6.72/($0.16/yd) = 42 yd

Charmaine bought 42 yards of ribbon.